Quoting

Monkeybonkers

Hi Help Desk, how do I quote a single line from a post that I wish to reply to without quoting the whole post? (Does this make sense?)

Thanks

Gordon

You need to quote the whole post and then edit the content of the quote to remove the unwanted text.

Monkeybonkers

Thanks Gordon. I was quoting and then deleting the sections of text that I didn't want but then it didn't show that I was quoting someone else. If I use the edit button will this solve this problem?

Gordon

You've got to make sure you leave the bit just after the quote tag:

[noparse]

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

edit

[/noparse]
gives

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

edit

The quote=name;postID bit needs to stay for it to show as a quote by a user/specific post. If you just want to do a general quote then you do this:

[noparse]

edit

[/noparse]
gives this

edit

Test it out here.

Monkeybonkers

Gordon wrote: »

You've got to make sure you leave the bit just after the quote tag:

By Jove I think I've got it! Thanks Gordon!




Edit: Not really though.

Monkeybonkers

Nope, can't figure it out. It's coming up that I'm quoting but it's not highlighted in blue like your quote is. Still, tomorrow is another day. Thanks anyway Gordon.

sceptre

You've got the first part of your last attempt bang-on, you just deleted the [noparse][/quote][/noparse] bit at the end that you needed to leave in.

Monkeybonkers

sceptre wrote: »

You've got the first part of your last attempt bang-on.

I think I have it at last. Thanks to Gordon, sceptre and Ponster for the help.